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Ruins on the Palatine in Rome - Public domain scenic drawing

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Ruins on the Palatine in Rome - Public domain scenic drawing

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Johann Anton Eismann (Austrian, Salzburg ca. 1604–ca. 1698 Venice)

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Renaissance representation of classical ruins was a symbol of antiquity, enlightenment, and lost knowledge. Ruins spoke to the passage of time. The greatest subject for ruin artists was the overgrown and crumbling Classical Rome remains. Forum and the Colosseum, Pantheon, and the Appian Way. Initially, art representations of Rome were realistic, but soon the imagination of artists took flight. Roman ruins were scattered around the city, but frustrated artists began placing them in more pleasing arrangements. Capriccio was a style of imaginary scenes of buildings and ruins.

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1650
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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